New Bedford Whaling Ship 'Ocean Crest' taking on supplies at Kealakekua in Sandwich Islands 1842.

£4,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

An evocative, likely imaginary, scene of a three-mast whaler at anchor in Hawaii’s infamous Kealakekua Bay during the peak years of the Pacific whale industry. It was common for Polynesians and Hawaiians to welcome foreign ships of this size in open boats, scenes of which were depicted by William Hodges, John Webber an

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